Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-09
THE INTERSTATE LAW.

The passenger agents and railroad man.
ayers, who met in New York last week for
the purpose of discussing the provisions of
the Interstate commerce bill, have ar
rived at an understanding and have pre-
pared a report embodying their views.
The purpose was to construe uniformly, and
this has been done.
The report has been accepted by the joint
commission and adopted. There will be
practically no change in immigrant rates
and no change of the percentage allowed
to steamship companies. Regarding mile
age rates there will be no discrimination
except as to ministers, as stated in the new
bill. Theatrical companies and shows of
all kinds will he obliged to pay full rates.
Excursion rates will remain about the
same, except as to the long journeys. The
most important change will be as to second
class rates, which will he made uniform
throughout. This will result in marked
increase.
The railroad conference have also given
out the following as further results Of their
deliberations:
The executive committee adopted the
following resolutions to regulate freight
rates, one of which is intended to carry
out the prohibition contained in the long
and short haul section of the Interstate
commerce law. The new through freight
rates will begin on the following basis:
First class, Is cents second class, G3
cents third class, so cents; fourth class, 80
cents; fifth class, 30 cents; sixth class, %
cents. The rates are the same for east
hound op6 roet hound b1cppcc Railroad
men seem to agree that under the new
rates the companies will be in a better po-
sition to make money than ever before.
Practically rates have advanced, and as
under the new law there can be no shading
to customers or other concessions, the rail-
roads cannot fail to derive the benefit from
the new legislatsOn.
One important result of the new classii-
cation is the placing of grain and prOvis-
ions in classes which reduce the rate on
April l, five cents per 100 pounds to the basis
of twenty-five cents on grain from Chica-
20 to New York and thirty cents on pro.
visions. The cutting of east bound freight
rates at the West is general and extensive,
and the Chesapeake and Ohio line is ac-
cused of making rates to Newport News
less than 20 cents on grain. The other
lines to the Atlantic seaboard, it is said.
are making rates far below the existing
tariff and at an informal discussion of the
subject it was agreed that nothing could be
done to correct the situation with the April
reduction pending before shippers. 1t was
then the general sentiment that the eXecu-
ton of the law would have to be the means
of reforming the cutting.
RAILROAD NOTEs.-The Charleston, Gin
cinnati and Chicago Railroad have received
tWenty-eight car loads of steel rails, and eX-
pect to reach Rutherfordton in & few days.
They have leased another engine from the
Atlanta Air Line, and have now two en-
gines and freight cars. The outlook for
this road is encouraging.
The Carolina Central having completed
the road to Rutherforton, which now re-
joices in two railroads, Col. Moncure has de-
parted for another road, leading from Mon
roe, n. c., to Atlanta, Ga. So the Carolina
Central halts on this western extension and
devotes its attention and money to through
southern line Of more Importance. Col.
Moncure has supervision over the engineer
corps to survey this route through sections
that will vote one million dollars for this
extension to Atlanta. So railroad opera
tions in Rutherford will cease for this year
as the two rival lines are busy in South
Carolina.-Mel6y aurora.